Firefighter dies as more homes are evacuated in California

Update July 4th, 2008: The fires in California are still going strong.  The one near Big Sur has now destroyed over 64,000 acres.  State officials have ordered even more evacuations."The ferocious Basin...

Chicago's Hispanic Democratic Organization Disbands

¿Cuando llegara el dia de mi suerte? As I walk in the darkness the light of my lantern barely lights a path. When will real leadership guide the Latino community?"Once the most powerful and feared patronage army in Mayor Richard Daley's political organization, the...

YouTube ordered to reveal its viewers

" Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and...

'Girls Gone Wild' sued for $2 million in gambling debt

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft porn empire already had...

THE CLINTON BODY-COUNT

"DEAD BODYGUARDS Maj. Gen. William Robertson,Deputy Commanding General, V Corps, Europe Col William Densberger,V Corps Chief of Operations and Plans Col. Robert Kelly,V Corps Chief of Intelligence Spec. Gary Rhodes, Crew Chief died: 2/23/93 - All were killed when...

Ky. lawyers face trial for defrauding their clients of $65 million

"Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial.The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley...

Abu Ghraib inmates sue contractors, claim torture

Should the cases be heard in the courts it could expose even more details of the abuses at Abu Ghraib. The plaintiff's lawyers keep the door open for more CACI workers being sued and more former prisoners adding to...

Get Out Of Houston...NOW!!

"The probability of a major terrorist event in Houston, Texas over the July 4th weekend is in the 60-70% range.  And that means the whole southeast corner of Texas and possibly all of the Katrina-devastated Gulf coast states are also at risk.When a federal judge issues a...

New evidence collected in 1946 black lynching case

An evil part of American history, alongside the mass slaughter of Indians and dropping atomic bombs on Japanese civilians during WWII"ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- State and federal investigators said Tuesday that they...

Teen's MySpace porn photos investigated

Parent need to monitor their children everyday to prevent them from cyber crime..."VICTORIA Police and the FBI are investigating the posting of pornographic photographs of a 13-year-old Melbourne girl on MySpace. ...

Brazil's new drunken driving law stirs discontent

Police have arrested hundreds of Brazilian drivers under a tough new law designed to crack down on rampant drunken driving, but bar owners are working to overturn the measure and many of their clients are flouting...

High Court Says Lethal Injection Constitutional

High Court  Says  Current Lethal Injection method is Constitutional Over the last year many NowPublic Contributers have been writing articles on America's current lethal injection method.  The Supreme...

San Francisco Officials Protecting Honduran Drug Dealers

"San Francisco officials possibly in violation of the law operated a special tax-funded service for illegal Honduran drug lords to protect the “youths” from federal immigration officials. When the city was told...

Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSoldiers fighting and dying in Iraq must be feeling cold comfort in knowing what they thought was making a difference to a people suffering, will now know what was rumoured...

Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's...

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